Today, New Mexico joined ten other states in declaring that they plan to use the Affordable Care Act (ACA) opportunity to provide more coverage to their low-income residents under Medicaid. This makes New Mexico’s Governor Martinez the second Republican governor to do so. In mid-December, Nevada’s Governor Sandoval announcedthat he...
Good news can be a scarce commodity, so I tip my hat to Guy Boulton for his article in Tuesday’s Journal Sentinel, which reported that Wisconsin is one of the national leaders in providing dental sealants for kids: Wisconsin is among the five states in the country with the most extensive programs to place dental sealants - plastic...
Drop of Almost 5,000 Last Month is Second Largest in the Last Two Years BadgerCare enrollment fell by about 5,000 people in December, including about 1,760 children. I presume that the policy changes implemented in July account for some of drop, and perhaps most of it; however, the reduced participation among children – who aren’t...
WCCF advocates based on what the evidence shows is best for children and families. Taken together, the following policy priorities point towards a future that fulfills the promise of our state motto, “Forward,”
Letter to Finance Committee Says Medicaid Deficit Has Essentially Been ErasedA December 28 letter from the Department of Health Services (DHS) provides good news on the status of the Medicaid/BadgerCare budget and sheds a little light on the effects of the BadgerCare premium increases that were implemented in July. The letter, which was...
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